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Zinc iodide

≥98%

Synonym(s):

Diiodozinc, Zinc diiodide

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Linear Formula:
ZnI2
CAS Number:
10139-47-6
Molecular Weight:
319.20
NACRES:
NA.23
PubChem Substance ID:
24853411
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
EC Number:
233-396-0
MDL number:
MFCD00011299
Assay:
≥98%
Form:
powder
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Quality Level

200

assay

≥98%

form

powder

reaction suitability

core: zinc, reagent type: catalyst

mp

445 °C (lit.)

density

4.74 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

I[Zn]I

InChI

1S/2HI.Zn/h2*1H;/q;;+2/p-2

InChI key

UAYWVJHJZHQCIE-UHFFFAOYSA-L

Application

Zinc iodide can be used:
  • As an activator to synthesize poly(vinyl methyl ether) via living cationic polymerization. ZnI2 is known to produce living vinyl ether polymerizations.
  • To prepare precursor solutions for lead halide perovskite solar cells. The addition of ZnI2 leads to higher stability against environmental moisture when introduced into perovskite cells.

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Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT RE 2 Oral

target_organs

Thyroid

Storage Class

13 - Non Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

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BCCN9906
BCCN5385
BCCN2398
BCCL8374
BCCM3230

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Methods of Synthesizing Monodisperse Colloidal Quantum Dots

Colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) are semiconducting crystals of only a few nanometers (ca. 2–12 nm) coated with ligand/surfactant molecules to help prevent agglomeration.

Loreta A Muscarella et al.
ACS applied materials & interfaces, 11(19), 17555-17562 (2019-04-17)
We present a one-step method to produce air-stable, large-grain mixed cationic lead perovskite films and powders under ambient conditions. The introduction of 2.5 % of Zn(II), confirmed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), results in stable thin films which show the same
D S Zhou et al.
Journal of anatomy, 187 ( Pt 2), 481-485 (1995-10-01)
This study has demonstrated that cells stained using the zinc iodide-osmic acid (ZIO) method have the same fine structural features as those of fibroblasts. They have a well developed Golgi apparatus, granular endoplasmic reticulum and many mitochondria. They have no
Y P Chau et al.
Histology and histopathology, 9(4), 649-656 (1994-10-01)
Cytochemical relationship between Golgi complex and dense-cored granules (DCGs) of small granule-containing (SGC) cells in rat superior cervical ganglia was examined in electron microscopy by zinc-iodide-osmium tetroxide (ZIO) method and by enzyme cytochemistry for thiamine pyrophosphatase (TPPase) and acid phosphatase
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223883-50G04061838778765
223883-250G04061838778758